Cradle



(No Model.)

- F. W. BARKER.

CRADLE. N0. 257,459. Patented May 9,1882.

m Mai 1 y) Frank ifflarier,

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK W. BARKER, OF BELMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CRADLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,459, dated May 9, 1882 Application filed March 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. BARKER, of Belmont, of the county of Belknap and State New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cradles; and I do hereby declarethe same to be described in thefollowing specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a veiticaland transverse section, ofa cradle, provided with my invention, the nature of which istdefined in the claim hereinafter presented.

In such drawings, A denotes the crib of the cradle, and B its supporting-stand, the two being constructed and arranged as represented or in any other suitable manner. Extending down from the crown of the arch a of the, stand is a spiral spring, 0, which,'atits lower end, is jointed to the inner ends of two curved levers, D D, arranged in the stand and having their longer arms connectedwith the crib at its opposite ends, as shown. Each of said levers has extended, from it an eye, I), to receive one of two books, 0 o, projecting from the arch of the stand.

If desirable, each of the curved levers may be constructed of wire twisted into proper form, as shown, in which case such levers will be more or less elastic.

When the levers ate in engagement with the hooks the crib may be swung laterally with a pendulous moveihent, and thus will be supported by the spiral spring, which will be contracted lengthwise by the weight of the crib. In this way the crib will have an elastic support, even while the levers are in connection with the hooks. On the levers being unhooked from the books they will be supported by the spring alone, in which case a child, when in the crib, can impart to it pleasurable vertical reciprocating movements.

I claim- In combination with the crib A and its supporting'stand B, the spring 0 and the hookse c and the "two levers D D, provided with eyes I) b, all being applied and arranged substantially in manner and to operate as set forth.

FRANK V. BARK ER.

Witnesses:

(J. F. STONE, CLARENCE H. PEARSON- 

